“JM Finn to downsize London HQ to cater for remote working”

Jan 25, 2021 | In the news

Not really the tip, but by now most probably part of the hard core of a not-so-submerged iceberg (I know, sorry). Here’s another City firm, reducing from five floors of commuters to just one of home-workers who pop in from time to time. If you think of the cost per m2 of London office space vs that of a few laptops and ergonomic chairs for spare room offices, it’s a no brainer. And how joyful, as an employee, to be free of the 7.31 from Sevenoaks followed by strap-hanging on the Waterloo and City Line. Twice a day. Win win, I’d say.

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“The working-from-home illusion fades”

“The working-from-home illusion fades”

Are workers working from home more or less productive than those catching the 7.02am to London Bridge every day? ‘Probably sitting at home in their bleedin’ jim-jams’, said someone recently of a less-than-helpful call centre employee, the assumption being that, were they surrounded by colleagues and with a manager cracking the whip, he or she would have sorted his energy bill more efficiently.